John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Equity Ratio (2009 - 2026)

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) reported Equity Ratio of 0.29 for Q1 2026, up 11.09% year-over-year from 0.26 in Q1 2025, and down 2.42% quarter-over-quarter from 0.3 in Q4 2025.

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Equity Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) has 18 years of Equity Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.29 in Q1 2026.

  • Equity Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.29, up 11.09% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.29 (up 11.09% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.28, up 2.97% from the prior year.
  • Equity Ratio declined to 0.29 in Q1 2026 per WLYB's latest filing, from 0.3 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Equity Ratio peaked at 0.34 in Q4 2022 and troughed at 0.26 in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.3 and a median of 0.3 in 2025 frame the typical range for Equity Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2026: Equity Ratio retreated 19.26% in 2024, then rose 11.09% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Equity Ratio shows it stood at 0.34 in 2022, then fell by 9.42% to 0.31 in 2023, then declined by 7.24% to 0.29 in 2024, then rose by 3.65% to 0.3 in 2025, then decreased by 2.42% to 0.29 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WLYB's Equity Ratio at 0.29 in Q1 2026, 0.3 in Q4 2025, and 0.29 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Equity Ratio (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - 0.56
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn 0.68
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 0.29
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 0.08
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn 0.49
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn -0.01
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - 0.02
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn 0.79
9 Pearson - - - 0.56
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 0.29

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 0.29
Oct 31, 2025 0.30
Jul 31, 2025 0.29
Apr 30, 2025 0.28
Jan 31, 2025 0.26
Oct 31, 2024 0.29
Jul 31, 2024 0.27
Apr 30, 2024 0.27
Jan 31, 2024 0.28
Oct 31, 2023 0.31
Jul 31, 2023 0.32
Apr 30, 2023 0.34
Jan 31, 2023 0.33
Oct 31, 2022 0.34
Jul 31, 2022 0.34
Apr 30, 2022 0.34
Jan 31, 2022 0.33
Oct 31, 2021 0.33
Jul 31, 2021 0.32
Apr 30, 2021 0.32